Posts made in June, 2013

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival ONE-ACT CONTEST & FICTION CONTEST

Our One-act competition is now accepting submissions. The Grand Prize includes a staged reading at the next festival, $1,500, VIP All-Access Festival pass for two years, and publication in Bayou. Additionally, there will be a full production of the winners work at the Festival the following year. The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts will judge our 28th Annual One-Act...

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INKTEARS FLASH FICTION COMPETITION 2013

Now open for entries. Age 18+  Closing date 31 July 2013   There are six prizes available:   Winner:  £250  GBP       Runner Up:  £50 GBP                4 x Highly Commended:  £25.00 GBP   All prize-winners will have their story published to the InkTears Readership and their Bio published on the InkTears website.   Submissions must be 500 words or less in length, any theme.   Fees: 1 entry £3.00 GBP; 2 entries £5.00 GBP; 3 entries £6.50 GBP; 4...

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Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays about “Mistakes”

Deadline: November 1, 2013   For an upcoming issue, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays about mistakes—major or minor, tragic or serendipitous, funny or painful. We’re looking for stories about poor decisions, missteps, or miscalculations; we want to read about embarrassing boo-boos, dangerous misjudgments, or fortuitous faux pas in well-crafted stories that explore the nature and outcomes of human fallibility.   Essays must be...

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2013 DANA AWARDS – Ficiton, Poetry, Novels

POSTMARK DEADLINE OCTOBER 31, 2013 3 AWARDS: $1,000 each for Novel, Short Fiction,  Poetry // $3,000 in awards RESULTS LETTERS by MAY 1, 2014 (to your email address or via SASE)  WEBSITE:     www.danaawards.com  E-MAIL:     danaawards@gmail.com   for questions only. NO E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS.  PLEASE  NOTE:  WE ASK THAT ALL WORK BE UNAWARDED AND UNPUBLISHED WHEN SUBMITTED TO US AND NOT PROMISED FOR AWARD OR FOR PUBLICATION, EITHER IN...

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2013 Muriel Craft Bailey Contest

Deadline: July 1, 2013 Entry Fee: $5 A prize of $1,000 and publication in Comstock Review is given annually for a poem. Submit poems of up to 40 lines each with a $5 entry fee per poem by July 1. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the website for complete guidelines. Comstock Review, Muriel Craft Bailey Award, 4956 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY 13215.  (315) 488-8077 . Georgia Popoff, Managing Editor. Website:  http://www.comstockreview.org...

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